Centre for Welsh Studies Director – Matthew MacKinnon: In this short opinion piece, I want to outline a few key policies the Welsh Government could implement to help revive the Welsh economy, whilst simultaneously protecting our most vulnerable in society and...
An article written by Jonathan Morgan, former Conservative Assembly Member and Shadow Minister: The past few months have taught us a lot about ourselves. Our resilience as a nation, our ability as individuals to adapt to a fast changing environment where work, family...
ONS statement by Matthew MacKinnon, Director of the Centre for Welsh Studies: “The long term implications for the UK economy are stark, with Covid-19 and lockdown bringing the largest proportionate annual increase in debt since the second world war. We are concerned...
An opinion piece written by Edward Sumner, Chief Operations Office at the Centre for Welsh Studies: During the Covid-19 pandemic we have seen an array of new ideas of how to combat the economic fall out that we face on the other side of this lockdown. In Wales and...
An article written by CWS Board Member Cllr Adrian Mason: Let me start off by saying that I like the idea of devolution. To have decisions made by local people for local people is a much more focused type of government and, in theory, very sensible. Unfortunately, in...
Blog piece written by Matthew MacKinnon, Director of Centre for Welsh Studies. Looking back throughout our countries history, it’s hard to imagine draconian, anti-democratic legislation being implemented here. I often think this could never happen in the United...
CWS Board Member Cllr Adrian Mason: There is much disquiet over China at the moment. How these emotions play out in our attitudes to trade in the coming months and years may determine the future of our international trading policies. Questions are being asked as to...
An article written by Myles Power former EU Policy Adviser for Constitutional Affairs, Legal Affairs and Transport: After years and years of pushing for more and more integration from such members as Germany and France, the European Union is facing disintegration from...
An article by Dr Stephen Morris, Policy Spokesman for Gwlad: Even the most ardent free-marketeer would concede that the actions of the government in the current COVID-19 crisis are on the right track. We who most lament the excessive involvement of government in the...
Many on the centre and left of Welsh politics have flirted with the idea of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) in recent years. This idea has been around for centuries and has been discussed regularly in recent decades. The idea has been hailed by many on the socialist...
